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HKUST Business School
Executive Education/EMBA
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Stay a Step Ahead of
the Game
C
ontinuing education can help even busy
executives to stay competitive in these challenging
times and HKUST has designed a variety of options
to cater to them.
Programs on management, leadership, wealth
management, finance, negotiation and marketing are
taught by leading academics who have intensive
experience in industry and executive education and
who bring the latest research insights and real life
discussion to the classroom.
The goal of the School’s executive education
programs is to integrate theory and real-life
applications. Their success has been recognized by
the
Financial Times
, which has ranked HKUST 1st in
Asia for customized education since 2003.
Sessions are taught in a few days or, in the case of
the Leading for Success program, 4 modules in 10
days over four months. For further information, visit
Global Outreach Through EMBA
E
xecutives from as far away as New Jersey, New
Delhi, Helsinki and Moscow are jetting to Hong Kong
this year to study the Kellogg-HKUST EMBA.
The program, ranked among the top three in the
world for the past four years by the
Financial Times
,
brings together top executives from a diverse range
of industries to learn from a world-renowned faculty
and develop a deep personal and professional
network.
The students spend two weekends per month over
16 months studying for the degree. This year more
than 20 nationalities are represented among the 60
students.
The program’s rising reputation and its location amid
the dynamic markets of Asia are chief attractions for
students outside the region, while more locally-
based students benefit from the input of global
perspectives.
“The fly-in students bring their local knowledge into
the classroom so we know exactly what’s going on in
corporations from Bangkok to Seoul to Shanghai,”
Prof Steven DeKrey, Senior Associate Dean and
founding Director of the Kellogg-HKUST EMBA
program, said.
Students also get the opportunity to learn first-hand
about other markets, through agreements that allow
them to take elective courses at campuses in
Germany, Toronto, Miami, Chicago and Israel. More
than 50 per cent of last year’s intake took up this
option.
Apart from global diversity, the program offers diverse
perspectives. The new NPO Endowment subsidizes
one-quarter of the tuition of a student from a not-for-
profit organization. The first recipient is Mei Mei Ng,
executive director of Hong Kong Education City Ltd.
H
KUST and The Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi
Aramco) have agreed to collaborate in education and
research, strengthening the University’s connections
to the Middle East.
A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the
leading oil company includes business administration
and management as a key area of co-operation.
Aramco will sponsor students to enrol in HKUST
degree programs and send staff and students for
short-term training and development. There will also
be co-operation on research projects.
The HKUST Vice-President for Academic Affairs
(Deputy to the President), Professor Roland Chin,
New Collaboration in the Middle East
signed the MOU on behalf of the University and said
it was an exciting opportunity for both sides.
“We can both benefit by sharing our experiences and
knowledge. HKUST provides world-class education
and research. The MOU opens a new window of
exploration for us – the Middle East – and I hope in
the long run our exchanges can contribute to stronger
links between Hong Kong and Saudi Arabia,” he said.
The new agreement follows an MOU signed in
February 2008 between HKUST and the King
Abdullah University of Science and Technology to
collaborate on research in marine biology and nano-
technology.
Nabeel Al Jama, General Manager for
Training & Career Development of Saudi
Aramco (right) and Roland Chin, Vice-
President for Academic Affairs sign the MoU
while (back row from left) Steven DeKrey,
Leonard Cheng from HKUST Business
School, Ibrahim Q Al Buainain and Yacoub Y
Al Dossary from Saudi Aramco look on.
A
collection of the weekly “Dissecting the Ox”
columns has been published and is available for
sale in all major book stores. The column is
carried in the
Hong Kong Economic Journal
.
“Dissecting the Ox”
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